5th Grade Narrative Writing Rubric

							          5th Grade Narrative Writing Rubric                      5th Grade Narrative Writing Rubric
                    4th Nine Weeks                                          4th Nine Weeks

Conventions (10)                                        Conventions (10)

____ 6-8 paragraphs – 5-7 sentences each (2)            ____ 6-8 paragraphs – 5-7 sentences each (2)

____ Complete Sentences (2)                             ____ Complete Sentences (2)

____ Correct capitalization and punctuation (2)         ____ Correct capitalization and punctuation (2)

____ Most words spelled correctly (2)                   ____ Most words spelled correctly (2)

____ Uses variety of sentence types (2)                 ____ Uses variety of sentence types (2)

Features (20)                                           Features (20)

____ Subject is clear (2)                               ____ Subject is clear (2)

____ Story stays focused on topic (2)                   ____ Story stays focused on topic (2)

____ Story has a clear beginning, middle, and           ____ Story has a clear beginning, middle, and
     end (2)                                                 end (2)
                                                        ____ Selection has a mood. (2)
____ Selection has a mood. (2)
                                                        ____ Demonstrates use of a lead or character (2)
____ Demonstrates use of a lead or character (2)

                                                        ____ Story has 10-12 supporting details. (2)
____ Story has 10-12 supporting details. (2)
                                                        ____ Story uses specific nouns, verbs, adverbs,
____ Story uses specific nouns, verbs, adverbs,
                                                             adjectives, and pronouns (2)
     adjectives, and pronouns. (2)
                                                        ____ Story has at least 4 examples of figurative
____ Story has at least 4 examples of figurative
                                                             language: (2)
     language (2)
                                                        ____ Makes use of prepositional phrases, transition
____ Makes use of prepositional phrases, transition
                                                             words and conjunctions. (2)
     words, and conjunctions (2)
                                                        ____ Author uses all steps of the writing process (2)
____ Author uses all steps of the writing process (2)


                                                                        ______/30=_______%
                ______/30=_______%

                                                        Editor’s Thoughts:
Editor’s Thoughts:
                                                        Two things I really liked about this story:
Two things I really liked about this story:




                                                        Two suggestions to make this story GREAT:
Two suggestions to make this story GREAT:




                                                        Editor_____________________
Editor_____________________